Chapter 9

I could feel my hot tears fall down my burning face, I couldn't hear myself but I knew I was screaming. Ash talked to me, I couldn't tell what he said but he talked to me, his smooth voice wrapping around my mind. I waited and waited, but the pain never stopped.

I felt like my head a was having a seizure, yea, my head, alone. I could fell the blood rush through my head and I could hear my pulse beating in my ears. I continued screaming. I screamed until I was out of air. When I caught my breath again I continued. It was a cycle. A painful, execrable, dreading cycle.

How many hours would this continue on? It had been 4 hours already. Each minute came slowly, like a dramatic scene in a movie, right where the clouds start to roll in. More than anything I wanted to ball up in a dark corner and die.

At the moment I was somewhere, still in Ash's arms. Nurses tried to pull me away, but I pretty sure Ash wouldn't leave me. Other than that I didn't know anything about my surroundings. All I knew was that it felt like someone was trying to wring out my brain to get out all the juice. Well I did also know my throat felt like sandpaper, dry and rough. I could feel my throat bleed, the wetness seeping down my throat just so I could cough it up and scream some more.

Then, suddenly, just like that, I knocked out. Blackness over taking my body, making my muscles limp like the stuffing in a rag doll.

I woke up with the worst headache of my life, feeling dizzy just as I turned my head to the side. There was a slight noise next to me. I focused on my right side, knowing the dark was no match for my eyes. When I had focused in i realized it was Ash, he was snoring, on his lap was M'Lye. I could have laughed, they looked so cute together, but I was seeing spots as it was. Laughing might be faital. I tryed to sit up, not a good idea.

"Ahh." I gasped, pain exploding up my spine. I stopped moving, not because of the pain, I could deal with that I didn't want to wake any one up. Too late.

There Ash was, staring at me with sad eyes. He moved to pick M'Lye up.

"No don't get up." I whispered. Too late for that too. He gently placed the sleeping M'Lye in the chair and sat on my bed. He stroked the hair out of my face.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm thirsty," I said trying not to look into his eyes, wincing.

"Thats a no," he said hugging me. I took a deep breath of his shirt, it smelled

"I really am thirsty though." I said as softly as I could, my throat was killing the crap out of me.

He didn't say a word as he helped me up and threw my legs gently over the side of the bed.

"Can you stand?" he whispered. He stepped back as I began to stand. As soon as I stood I collapsed, legs feeling a whole lot like Jello.

Ash caught me around my middle. "I got you," he said as I stumbled against my own weight. I couldn't do it, I couldn't stand. My legs felt numb.

I knew Ash knew this because he swept my legs up off the floor and carried me down the hall. I wanted to yell, "PUT ME DOWN NOW!" but I couldn't even whisper anymore. I didn't even have the strength to hit him and point to the floor. Besides I knew he wasn't doing anything wrong and I just needed to suck in my pride.

We got outside and it wasn't pitch black, the moon shown brightly. It hurt my eyes, but it was beautiful. I closed my eyes. Each step Ash took seemed dramatically slow. Time dragged on.

Then he stopped.

I opened my eyes. We were in the woods, the trees looked enchanted the way the moonlight illuminated them.

"I'm going to put you down now, okay?" Ash whispered. I only nodded. When he put me down my legs weren't as Jello like, but I still had to use a tree for support and my head was spinning.

"I'll catch something and I will be right back," with that he disappeared.

I tried hard not to remember why my body was acting up, but it was so hard. I did have a family, and they were probably somewhere close by. I just wish I could remember.

Would the potion still work? Poppy had said I couldn't make contact with my memories, and well I had seen my older sister.

NO! I couldn't think of her, not yet. Not unless I wanted to deal with all that pain.

Sighing, I listened to the sounds of the night. It was really a nice night. The air was crisp too but calm. It was good weather to bring my stress level down. I let my mind go blank.

Snap.

I was brought out of my trance.

"Ash?" No answer, no noises either. I smelt the air. There was a strange sent, that wasn't there before. It wasn't a werewolf it was more of a tingly smell, if that made sense. I thought about it, then it came to me.

Shapeshifter.

I held really still, my legs shaking. Not from being scared of course, me being scared? Bull. I still wasn't steady.

Then what ever it was was charging towards me, I could here it. I tried to move, it was so close, but as soon as I moved I toppled over. The sound of movement was so close, I looked around frantically how was I suppose protect myself if I couldn't stand?

Another noise from the opposite side of run was coming towards me, what was going on? The sounds where catching up. I tried to stand but I couldn't.

Then Ash jumped out from the trees behind me while a black figure exploded from brushes, coming right at me. A scream came from my mouth out of surprise. The black figure was a panther. Ash collided with the figure making a enormous thud.

They wrested together, twisting back and forth as I was watching in pure fear. I was paralyzed I had no idea what to do. All the sudden Ash was lying on the floor with the Panther on top, I screamed for the beast had opened its mouth in anger to strike at Ash's fully exposed throat. As the great cats mouth came down, the scene changed.

A girl was lying on top of Ash, she had blond hair. She jumped up and held out a hand.

"Hum, good work, but I could have thrown you off in a second." Ash snorted as he accepted her hand.

"Yeah right I would have snapped your neck." The girl said.

It took me a moment to realize what just happened.

"Well Keller, have you met my twin?" Ash said grinning at, Keller as her name was.

Keller just looked at him with lazy gray eyes. Then she turned to me and looked back at Ash.

"I'd say that wasn't possible, but me and Rashel are twins." With that she nodded at Ash and left.

Ash walked over and held out a hand gratefully.

"Its going to take a while for me to get used to this place."

He chuckled. Then he lead me to a place were there was a already bitten rabbit. He picked it up and handed it to me.

My eyes got wide. I shot forward ripping the throat of the rabbit out, blood gushing everywhere. In two seconds the rabbit was gone, dead in my hands.

A single tear slipped down my cheek. I did it again. I just set the rabbit down unable to do anything else. I had killed this little creature so fast Ash didn't even have a chance to say anything or stop me.

Thats because I trained you well. A voice I never thought I would here said. What? That wasn't out loud.

The voice was only in my head, what was going on?

Someone touched my shoulder. I spun around, Ash. Only Ash. I was almost relieved, until I met his eyes. They were full of fear. Great, he thought I was a monster.

Because you are. I gripped my hair wanting the voice out. I took one more look at Ash and got up and ran.

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